Island Star Caravans

its SA made....so it must be better than good...couldnt resist it any longer..lol

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Hi Rick,
Have had one for about 5 years, a 16 ft single axle Concorde poptop. Has off road wheels and independent leaf spring suspension. Only has a 4 inch chassis but this van has been quite amazing! It has been up the Strez, the Birdsville, Oodnadatta track, Mereenie loop, across the top of Lake Torrens, Mulga Park, Finke and many other places. Have not broken anything, but did replace the leaf springs about a year ago 'cos they were looking a tad sad, but still functioning.

I shouldn't admit this, but with everything full (including an extra water tank and gas bottle which I fitted), it comes in about 50 kg overloaded, so I haven't been easy on the old girl.

The one thing I will say is that they tend to be fairly heavy on the ball weight, so load with that in mind. Altogether, no complaints at all and an extremely reliable and well built van.

After all that, I have just traded her in on a brand new Galaxy tandem as the better half wanted a bathroom. Why a Galaxy? Cos they were the only one who could build me a semi off-road poptop low enough to fit under my carport. I just hope the Galaxy does as good a job as the Island Star has.

Cheers
Gerry